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I have been thinking about my own family before writing this article. I got married last December 10, 2018 and I am blessed with one child, the precious gift that GOD gives me. I miss my child every second of the day. That is how I love my family. I have my wife with me every day since we work in the same office. I also missed my mother and brothers. I am in Cebu, Philippines while they are in Leyte, Philippines. I spent my thirty-six years of my life with them and they help me a lot of who I am today.    Family is the basic unit of a society. But, why is family very important? I have listed here the importance of family and the need to have them. These are the following; 1.       1.  To alleviate depression. There are researches that say, kids who ate with their families regularly could less likely to show depression symptoms.  2.    2.  To improve academic performance. Family who spent time together could share some ideas which could b...

During my childhood days, I started to love plants. My grandmother had bountiful ornamental and fruit-bearing plants in our yard. Until such time that I graduated from High School, I decided to study plants. Hence, I graduated with agriculture in my course after college days. I could always remember how fascinated I was during the discussion about plants. That time, I memorized their scientific names including the scientific names of the weeds that grow around them. It was so much fulfilling.     But, what are plants' worth? Recently, many people have motivated to plant because of the pandemic. Plants are becoming more expensive. But, why are these people fulfilled their satisfaction by only having plants? These are the benefits that these plant could give to you, to wit;   1.     Plants lower the level of anxiety because by seeing a lot of plants, people feel more relaxed and calm; 2.     Plants increase attentiveness and memory because by b...

  Depressed? Stressed? Or Emotionally Disturbed?   This article will give simple solution. You read here right! You only need to smile and laugh!   At first, what is the difference between laughing and smiling?    Alleen Pace Nilsen and Don L.F. Nilsen discovered the distinction between smiling and laughing. They said , “Smiles are more likely to express feelings of satisfaction or good will, while laughter comes from surprise or a recognition of an incongruity”  ( https://www.humorthatworks.com/learning/the-difference-between-smiling-and-laughing/ )   When we are with your friends, we laugh out loud when someone throws joke or act like a comedian. There is usually sound that will come out from our throat. When we expressed it in writing, we write this way, Hahaha….!!!    We smile usually when we are alone reading book. When we smile, the both ends of our mouth will go up. But, smiling and laughing will indicate that we are happy.   Smil...

Every day we work hard in order to provide our family especially the basic needs. We work hard until we almost forget our time to sleep because we wanted to finish things for the deadlines. Hence, we have lack of sleep.   Sleep is a natural process that has been with us since mankind began (https://vt.tiktok.com/ZScFttFc/). However, this natural process is severely disrupted by our modern day lifestyle. According to @Sgsupernanny in her TikTok account, when Thomas Edison  created the lightbulb, the natural process of sleep is disrupted. She further said, that we can now keep working, playing, and entertaining ourselves. Thus, we do not give priority to our sleep anymore. Our body clock, the circadian rhythm,  will be disrupted if we don’t go back to the nature.   What are the effects of lack of sleep? @Sgsupernanny said that lack of sleep can lead to increase chances of death by 20% in 20 years; can increase the risk of developing cancer by 200%; can increa...

I have been using Extra Virgin Coconut Oil for quite sometimes now. I have an eczema and it really helps control the dryness over the affected area. I am lucky that I live in this country, Philippines, for this country is one of the big producers of coconut in the whole world   (https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/the-world-leaders-in-coconut-production.html) Hence, extra virgin coconut oil is always available here. Buying our coconut is one way of helping our local producers in the Philippines.   But, what really are the benefits of Coconut Oil? In my case, I have been using this for my eczema. Extra Virgin Coconut Oil really does a great help for my skin. But, what else?   I would like to share with you the benefits of this Extra Virgin Coconut Oil.   First, Extra Virgin Coconut Oil contains saturated fats. Fatty acids help your body to burn fat and provide energy to your brain.    Second, the oil in the coconut could also helps reduce heart diseases. So,...

How to boost your immune system? Boosting your immune system is quite the easy words to say but very difficult way to do.  You have to follow a general good-health guidelines as one of the best steps   to do to have a very strong and healthy immune system. However, in today's situation, we really need to work. In fact, to provide our family, we have to work hard and we get overworked. Over worked leads to stress. Stress weakens our immune system. But we are in the urge to cope up with our needs. Food is one of the basic needs. We have to work for food so that we could be healthy and our immune system will also work harder to fight for stress, the virus and other pathogens that keep invading our body. If the stress, virus, and other pathogens will control our body, we could get sick and if our immune system will not fight, we could die. Speaking of food, one of the best supplements to boost our immune system is barley. Barley has many benefits for our body. Barley is one of t...

Toledo City- The Province of Cebu is known for its tourist attractions.   Both locals and foreigners are amazed  with the  charms located in several places of the province. One of these dandy creations is a  unique and man-made lake located in Brgy General Climaco (or Casoy), Toledo City. Locals commonly called this lake as “Dam”. But now, the Local Government of Toledo City and other organizations called this as Malubog Lake.   Historically, Malubog Lake or Malubog Dam is a man-made lake originally from Malubog Creek. It was created in the year 1970's, more or less. A Mining Company developed this artificial lake to supply water to its mining activities.  Now, several fishes are growing and the locals catch these fishes basically for meals. Some caught from smallest to biggest “Tilapia” (cichlid fish), milkfish, and carp. A number of tourists already discovered this fascinating body of water.   When you reached the lake, you could imagine the ser...

In the light of the on-going pandemic, health is really our wealth to sustain.   Becoming ill at this time is really expensive. But there is a simple technique to become healthy - boosting our immune system! Our immune system fights the virus and bacteria inside our body. Good immune system means good health. To be healthy it does not mean that you have to spend a huge amount of money. We can exercise. We can spend time with our love ones.   We can eat healthy food. These activities could boost our immune system and fight the virus-the carrier of COVID-19. We usually do going to the market place to buy something to eat. In the market, we could find numerous fruits, vegetables, eggs and other food which could boost our immune system. Let us focus on Avocado and eggs. According to research Avocado is an alkaline food. It has 15.6 pH level.   Corona Virus has pH which varies from 5.5 to 8.5. Therefore, to eliminate the virus we have to consume more alkaline foods above...